See Us Coming Together is a Sesame Street special released as part of the Coming Together initiative. It premiered on Thanksgiving, November 25, 2021 on PBS, HBO Max, YouTube, and various other platforms. It also aired on Cartoon Network on April 30, 2022.
The special "celebrates Asian-American and Pacific Islander cultures" and introduces a new Korean-American Muppet girl, Ji-Young. It also features the original song "See Us Coming Together" and a new performance of "The People in Your Neighborhood."
The special was adapted into the book We All Belong.
Cast[]
- Cast: Alan Muraoka, Violet Tinnirello
- Special Guest Stars: Anna Cathcart, Amanda Gorman, Melissa King, Padma Lakshmi, Jim Lee, Simu Liu, Naomi Osaka, Anderson .Paak
- Sesame Street Muppet Performers: Pam Arciero, Tau Bennett, Warrick Brownlow-Pike, Leslie Carrara-Rudolph, Ryan Dillon, Bradley Freeman Jr., Liz Hara, Kathleen Kim, Peter Linz, David Rudman, Matt Vogel
- Puppet Captain: Matt Vogel
- Muppets
- Abby Cadabby, Anything Muppets, AM Monsters, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Elmo, Gonger, Honker, Ji-Young, Tamir
Credits[]
- Executive Producers: Benjamin Lehmann, Ken Scarborough, Kay Wilson Stallings
- Senior Producers: Karyn Leibovich, Stephanie Longardo
- Content Producer: Autumn Zitani Stefano, M.A.
- Producers: Liz Hara, Janet S. Kim, Andrew Moriarty, Alan Muraoka
- Co-Producer: Matt Vogel
- Consulting Producing: Kathleen Kim
- Directed By Alan Muraoka, Matt Vogel
- Head Writer: Ken Scarborough
- Written By Liz Hara
- Senior Vice President of Curriculum & Content: Rosemarie T. Truglio, Ph.D.
- The Jim Henson Company NY Creature Shop: Nicolina Dante, Joel Gennari, Brian Haimes, Michelle Hickey, Joshua Holden, Ann Marie Holdgruen, Rollie Krewson, Sarah Lafferty, Constance Peterson, Susan Pitocchi, Kenneth Rainey, Sierra Schoening, Keely Snook, Jason Weber
- Henson Production:
- Senior Production Manager: Melissa Creighton
- Production Supervisor: Joseph Roddy
- Assistant to Creative Supervisor: Delassie Gadzanku
- Creative Director of Character Design, Brand Creative: Louis Henry Mitchell
- Puppet Design Consultant: Gang Maria Yi
- Music Director: Bill Sherman
- Music Director (Arrangements and Orchestrations): Joe Fiedler
- Music Director (Vocals): Paul Rudolph
- Music Editor & Coordinator: Tyler Hartman
- Music Editor/ADR Mixer: Paul Rudolph
- Lyrics By
- Christine Ferraro ("Anyone Can Be Friends")
- Liz Hara ("See Us Coming Together")
- Jen Kwok ("See Us Coming Together")
- Jeff Moss ("People in Your Neighborhood")
- Music By
- Jen Kwok ("See Us Coming Together")
- Kathryn Raio ("Anyone Can Be Friends")
- JP Rende ("Anyone Can Be Friends")
- Jeff Moss ("People in Your Neighborhood")
- Jody Shelton ("See Us Coming Together")
- Script Supervisor: Jennifer Capra